In various Buddhist sutras, Buddha upholds fermented urine medicine (Pali: pūti-mutta-bhesajja) or urine therapy as one of the four major supports/resources of a bhikkhu’s life. For example, Buddha would prescribe fermented urine to bhikkhus bitten by a poisonous snake or suffering from jaundice. Buddha even suggested that aged urine be drunk with yellow myrobalan or Terminalia Chebula.
- What does pūti-mutta-bhesajja Mean?
According to The Pali Text Society’s Pali-English dictionary, pūti means “putrid, stinking, rotten, fetid”. (Note 1)
According to the same dictionary as above, mutta means urine and bhesajia means “a remedy, medicament, medicine”. (Note 2)
However, modern scholars in Buddhism, e.g., Khematto Bhikkhu, Bhikkhu Sujato, Buddha-Vacana Org., interpret pūti-mutta-bhesajja as fermented urine medicine, and Robert Thurman interprets it as aged urine medicine.
- Fermented Urine Medicine as Support
Buddha often stated that fermented urine medicine is a major requisite of a Bhikkhu’s life:
“Going-Forth has fermented urine medicine as its support. For the rest of your life you are to endeavor at that. The extra allowances are: ghee, fresh butter, oil, honey, sugar.” (Cattāro Nissayā [The Four Supports], mahākhandhako, The Mahāvagga, the fourth book of the Vinaya Piṭaka [The Basket of Discipline], trans. Khematto Bhikkhu) (Note 3)
” Fermented urine, bhikkhus, is a very little thing among medicines, easy to get and blameless” (AN 4.27,The Book of Fours, trans. Buddha-Vacana) (Note 4)
“He is told about his four resources, alms, rag- robes, dwelling at the foot of a tree (i.e., homelessness), and aged urine for medicine.” (Robert Thurman, “The Vinaya Discipline of Buddhist Monasticism”, a talk given at Amherst College, 1982) (Note 5)
- Fermented Urine for Treating Jaundice and Snake Bite
“Now on that occasion a certain monk had jaundice. They reported the matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow that urine and yellow myrobalan be drunk.’” (160. pañcabhesajjakathā [Mv.VI.1.1], VI bhesajjakkhandhako, Mahāvagga, trans. Khematto Bhikkhu ) (Note 6)
Buddha: “Suppose there was some fermented urine mixed with different medicines. Then a man with jaundice would come along. They’d say to him: ‘Here, mister, this is fermented urine mixed with different medicines. Drink it if you like. If you drink it, the color, aroma, and flavor will be unappetizing, but after drinking it you will be happy.’ He wouldn’t reject it. After appraisal, he’d drink it. The color, aroma, and flavor would be unappetizing, but after drinking it he would be happy. This is comparable to the way of taking up practices that is painful now and results in future pleasure, I say.”
(The Great Discourse on Taking Up Practices, Middle Discourses 46, Mahādhammasamādānasutta, trans. Bhikkhu Sujato) (Note 7)
“On one occasion a certain monk was bitten by a snake. ‘I allow you to give him the four filthy edibles: feces, urine, ash, and clay.’ [said Buddha]” (The chapter on medicines, The Long Division, Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law, Bhesajjakkhandhaka, trans. Bhikkhu Brahmali) (Note 8)
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Jesus Recommends Urine Therapy! Go Vegan! By Chapman Chen, HKBNews
1. Introduction: In John 7:38 (KJV), Jesus said, “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” Here, Jesus was echoing his ancestor King Solomon’s advice, “Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well” (Proverb 5:15 NIV) (Note 1). Now, what else but urine would flow out of your belly as a kind of living liquid? [As advised by Australian nutrition consultant Martha Christy (1996), to achieve the best result, urine therapy had better be combined with veganism (Note 2).]
2. Urine Contains Life
According to researches done by world renowned scientists, urine is a blood byproduct:- “Urine…one of the most complex of all body fluids… contains practically all of the constituents found in the blood.” (Free and Free 1975) (Note 3). “Urine is considered to be produced predominantly as a result of plasma filtration in the kidney” (Magalhães et. al. 2018), (Note 4). As urine is a spin-off of the blood, it contains life. “the life of the flesh is in the blood” (Leviticus 17:11 ESV). “for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh” (Deuteronomy 12: 23 KJV). Urine as a collateral product of the blood is living water as Jesus Himself emphasized.
3. Spiritual vs Physical
The author of John went on to remark that by “living water” Jesus “meant the Spirit” (John 7:39 NIV).
Note that whenever Jesus discussed something spiritual, He invariably illustrated it with something material or actual (cf. Eden Natural Juice 2015) (Note 5). For example, in Matthew 7: 24-25, Jesus compared spiritual rock (His teachings) to real rock; in John 6:48-51, spiritual bread (His Christhood) to genuine bread; in Matthew 13:31-32, the divine Kingdom of Heaven to an earthly mustard seed. And now, in John 7:37-39, Jesus compared the Holy Spirit to physical urine flowing out of the belly. Just as the “living [urine] from the belly gives life and healing to the body, the Holy Spirit gives life and healing to the soul,” to quote Eden Natural Juice (2015).
4. Urine is indeed our bodily living water
According to American natural therapist cum chiropractic Dr. Edward Group (2021) (Note 6), doctors and researchers have proven that human urine is an enormous source of over 2,500 vital nutrients, vitamins, hormones, enzymes and critical antibodies that cannot be duplicated or derived from any other source as well as up to six unidentified compounds not yet known to man. These vital substances include, e.g., Adrenaline, antibodies, Biotin, Copper, Dopamine, Estrogen, hormones, Insulin, Iodine, Calcium, Magnesium, Stem Cells, proteins, Potassium, Melatonin, Nitrogen, Serotonin, Selenium, Testosterone, Urea, Vitamins A, B6, B12, C, D, E, K, Zinc, Riboflavin….
5. Urine Therapy has a History of 5000 Years!
Urine therapy has a history of five thousand years since ancient Rome, Greece, Egypt, India, China and more. According to Dr. Edward Group (2021), it has been used to successfully treat cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, depression, diabetes, skin ailments, indigestion, constipation, kidney failure, insomnia, toothache, psoriasis, hair loss, chronic fatigue, cataracts, AIDS, arthritis, allergies, autoimmune diseases, asthma, infertility, menopause, infections, poisoning and wounds, osteoporosis, respiratory issues, cramps, you name it!
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Notes
1. Admittedly, in view of its context, some commentators opine that “Drink water from your own cistern” means that one should make love to one’s wife only. Nonetheless, in the Bible, one signifier could stand for more than one signified, so that “drink water from your own cistern” can refer to “have sex with your own wife only” as well as “drink your own organic urine”.
2. https://www.allegedlydave.com/download.php?filename=Your-Own-Perfect-Medicine-by-Martha-Christy.pdf
3. Free, Alfred H. and Free, Helen M. (1975). Urinalysis in Clinical Laboratory Practice. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
4.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29611317/#:~:text=Purpose%3A%20Urine%20is%20considered%20to,plasma%20filtration%20in%20the%20kidney
5.https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0YutBSoQqpqw1nHWSYjcvA6DGLC7KeC446t9m8zmB1pnpsTfxRL3FRsueaVs8mLkel&id=263944253799850
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud5ajT0yns4 .